Monday, July 18, 2011

We have hit 12 lbs

I got Ceilidh weighed today and she is now 12 lbs 3 oz. At this rate she will double her weight soon enough. I have to kick up my making of her quilt or she will out grow it before I finish it. She has come a long way. I can't get over how more alert she is in her 3rd month. She pays attention more when I am singing to her and she talks to her self in her baby language see video. She is also starting to grab even more now then my last post. On the flip side she gets fussier when she is traveling around I think she gets over stimulated more easily.

Still has blue eyes
Yummy wrists

She is also still fascinated with her wrists, she has not learned to suck her thumb so she sucks her wrists. See picture.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Tummy time and Grabbing

Ceilidh is on her way to reaching 12lbs. Last Wednesday she weighed in at 11lbs 10oz. I figure by the time she is weighed next week she will have hit the 12lbs on her way to doubling her birth weight. She has also had some more repeats of sleeping 5 hours stretches not quite a pattern yet but getting there I hope.
11 lbs 10 oz Sleeping pictures are still the easiest to take

She has also come a long way from face planting while on her tummy. We had the pleasure of having a friend take some pictures of her (which I will share a few at a later date) and before that she was lifting her head but not necessarily moving her neck but now she does it without a problem. She has also started to try to grab things. Her movements are still jerky but she is getting a purpose. I can't get over how much more alert and interactive she is now that she is in her third month. The cat will need to watch out for her tail. 
On her tummy time mat with a new friend

She is staring at her mirror hanging above.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Canada day and 3 months

2nd outfit for Canada day first one didn't make it out the door

Ceilidh turned 3 months on Canada day. I think at this stage I can stop counting how many weeks she is and start counting the months. It"s like being pregnant all over again people ask you how far along you are and you tell them in weeks and they give you a weird look and ask how many months that is. Then you try to figure out how many months that is because each month has 4 1/2 weeks. From now on lets just count in months. This month she is at 11lbs 3oz. A couple of more weeks and I figure she will be close to 12 lbs.

We took Ceilidh down to Toronto to visit family a couple of weeks ago. She handled the trip there okay but you could tell she got progressively crankier each day. Talk about over stimulation. All those new people, new houses, a lot of Spanish being spoken, and everyone holding her. Regardless it was nice to see family and introduce them to Ceilidh. It was really interesting to see how her cousins would greet her seeing that the one closest in age is 7 years her senior the oldest is 17 years her senior. I also got a chance to take her down to Guelph to visit my old work place U of Guelph. It was great to show Ceilidh the university and of course the library. Believe it or not our visit coincided with a special story time for a group of kids. So her first story time was at a university library, yes they actually do carry some children's books. Story time for the summer will start this week at our own public library. 
Loving eating those fingers
Serious look
In terms of Ceilidh's new discoveries since my last post, she really has a fascination with her hands. And they always seem to go into her mouth. This coincidentally leads to a lot more drooling. I have tried to replace them with a soother but she wants nothing to do with a soother. Her hands are yummier. And lastly last night she slept 5 hours straight 9pm to 2am. Of course go figure I was up at midnight and couldn't sleep. One day we will both sleep. Don't know if this will be a one off thing or the start of a pattern. Only time will tell.
Ceilidh sleeping at the hotel during our trip to Toronto